If you wear a size ZERO and think you are fat - you need to talk to a professional. That's not a healthy thought pattern and being that thin is not good for your body. Lord help you if you come down with any type of illness and cant eat for a while - you wont have a drop of fat on your body to live off of. If you are gaining weight - thats a GOOD thing. Its your bodies way of taking care of itself. Your body knows its too thin and is doing something about it. You need to weight, for your health. Stop fighting whats natural and allow your body to be healthy. Talk to your doctor, he will assure you that the added weight is needed.

Well, I think you should take a baseball bat to that scale and go splurge on some comfy bigger sized clothing. You are not gaining weight but gaining vitality and years onto your life. You are gaining strength, and you are gaining experience on how to be a fighter. You can do this.
xxxx

Talk to your nutritionist if maybe she can slow the weight gain down a littel, even though I suspect you have a completely distorted body image and desperately need the weight you are putting on. Also talk to your therapist about coping mechanisms. And throw out your scale and buy some new clothes.

I wish I had advice. I would suggest buying new clothes but I would be a hypocrite. I would agree with Karrin. see your therapist or doctor or a professional and see if you and them can agree on a rate of weight gain that emotionally is able to be handled. Buying new clothes is a good idea. I would suggest buy clothes that do fit. All I wear now are baggy big oversized clothes and I wouldn't suggest gettin ginto that habit.

I made that mistake a long time ago and I hide. so I hope you can continue in recovery and I would take someone with you shopping. it can be very truamatic.

my hugs and prayers are with you

1) As always, I am cringing at a post where there has been blatant mention of numbers. ebrady87, let's think about this: eating disorders are not about weight or size or how much you've "gained." What can you TRULY do to challenge this distorted belief? You may THINK that you've gained too much, but really, it's the false voice of the ED- time to challenge yourself, dear!

2) Are you working with a therapist and dietitian (as well as a psychiatrist/medical doctor)? You need to be working with a treatment team in order to be held accountable when it comes to your weight and MENTAL/medical health!

It doesn't sound like you're gaining "too fast" to me to be honest. That's a steady increase and is rather slow. Try to realize that you need to gain weight to be healthy.

Thanks for the support. I know it is healthy and that I need to gain weight. When I'm at home I go for pure comfort lol usually I wear sweats. It's just the work clothes and I'm going to be switching career directions shortly so I don't want to get new "office" work clothes really. I'm sorry there were numbers in there. I didn't want to post it but I was in a bad way yesterday and just needed it out. I have bad problems with distorted body image that my doctors and I are working very hard on. There is just so much going on with life that it's making the food stuff more stressful. It's just so hard sometimes with the constant argument that goes on in my head. Like my brain is split in two. It drives me bananas! Thank you for your advice and support guys.

The recommended guidelines if you were in IP would be a gain of between 1.5 and 2kg per week, so actually you are not gaining too quickly at all. I suspect that your psychological progress is slower than you would like and this is causing you distress, please look at the safe range of numbers for your weight for height, stop weighing yourself this should only be done under supervision of a professional it serves no purpose for you at all. Give it time, within a few weeks the brain will catch up and you will be able to reason things more healthily, stick with recovery, its hard but its rewarding. xxxxx

Fane, I've never heard of anywhere or been to a place that recommended THAT quickly, and it can actually be quite dangerous if you do that. Perhaps you've experienced differently where you live, but in the US, most treatment facilities recommend 1-4 (at max) pounds per week.

But that being said, gaining 10 pounds in 8 weeks is a perfectly realistic and slow pace. Like you said, too, you need to be thinking about your physical health, ebrady87, and restore that weight.

Fane- I guess 1.5 kg would be reasonable, and I hope you dont take offense to my last post. Wasn't meaning to invalidate you in any way.

I am going through the same thing....once again....for the millionth time in my life! And, what a waste of time...uggg!

I haven't owned scales in 10 years. I only have a mirror that shows my face - in my bathroom the medicine cabinet. I don't go shopping to see what size I wear, etc..

But, I still go into shock when I get weighed at my doctor monthly. (right now every 3 weeks)

I can only say that we are much more than the number on the scales. We are much more than the size of our clothes.

And, I can warn you that you must ignore your thoughts & feelings that are lying to you. You may face these thoughts the rest of your life. (just being honest)
You may end up 52 years old (like me) & still struggling with these crazy feelings! (that's a scary thought!)

We have to choose to nourish ourselves regardless of the thoughts running through our minds! It is completely necessary. We have no other choice except death?

I know the feeling...freaking out. I have been there all this past week. I cannot deal with it. The battle continues on.

But, it does not matter how I feel. It only matters that I still feed my body & mind, and vital organs...

But, I also know the wonderful feeling of strength from eating, walking in the ark with someone I love without feeling like passing out, & knowing there is more to me than my size!

I don't even know what else to say?

I'm sorry you must face this demon illness. It can be so harsh! I'm not personally affected by your discussing your actual size. We cannot discuss so many things, but yet we are here to reach out for recovery & want to communicate. It's hard!
It's really hard!
And, at my age - if you keep doing this & are blessed enough to stay alive - you won't be talking about size 0! Those sizes are impossible to reach as you grow older if you abuse your body by starving it over & over again! You will not be able to maintain any small size because your body will live in a constant state of starvation & hold onto even the smallest amount of calories!
Choose life.

keep going sweetie thats the answer...u may think omg 10 pounds! but think of it as 10 years onto ur life!

I am going through recovery for the 5th time and yes I am a size 0 or less but my goal is to donate them to teens in need. I want to be healthy and have a nice looking figure again. I am eating more protein and my nutritionist gave me a plan to follow-it is not like you can go get a BigMac or anything. I also do not want to die-I have come close 3 times and I am starting to not care what society thinks we should look like because in the end -they all keep going with or without us. I write in a journal to keep track of my intake, my mood that day, exercise and goals.

Semd me a message with more info and maybe I acn help you out. Love Kelly

ok i no its hard i felt and feel the same i was a size 0 for ages to sorry for the numbers
but not healthy i was at death 3 times i have gained lots i mean lots am healthy awaiting my periods now 10 pounds not a lot i feel for you cos i feel yuk to when clothes are tight i really do me to
its best to do it alone cos when i was in a clinic like fane said i was gaining 2 pounds a week in cheadle clinic so hard please dont give up no matter how hard babes